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それはさておき (sorehasateoki) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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だい
に
入はい
り
ましょう
。
That aside, let's get to the main topic.
Anyway, what's the plan for tomorrow?
Related words さておき is the core verb form meaning 'setting aside,' while それはさておき is the fuller fixed phrase that explicitly names 'that' as the thing being set aside.
ともかく is a general-purpose 'anyway/in any case' that can start a sentence without referring back to anything, whereas それはさておき specifically dismisses a point just made before returning to the main topic.
それより is a casual way to pivot to a new, often unrelated topic ('more importantly...'), while それはさておき more pointedly sets aside the previous remark to return to the original subject.
閑話休題 is a stiff, literary four-character idiom for returning to the main topic, while それはさておき is the everyday conversational equivalent.
Etymology From それ (that) + は (topic marker) + さておき (setting aside), the continuative form of さておく (to set aside). The phrase is a fixed expression meaning 'putting that aside'.
